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Number of Times Mother in Hospital During Pregnancy
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        None       One       Two       Three       Four+    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 83.6 81.3 - 85.9 9.8 8.0 - 11.7 3.5 2.4 - 4.7 1.2 0.5 - 1.8 1.9 1.0 - 2.7
Age                                            
<20 years 1,322 75.7 66.9 - 84.5 10.8 4.5 - 17.0 5.6 1.0 - 10.2 3.9 0.0 - 7.9 4.1 0.0 - 8.1
20-24 years 3,313 80.1 74.9 - 85.2 10.4 6.5 - 14.3 4.7 1.9 - 7.4 1.9 0.2 - 3.6 3.0 0.8 - 5.2
25-34 years 7,236 85.4 82.4 - 88.4 10.0 7.4 - 12.5 3.2 1.7 - 4.6 0.6 0.0 - 1.2 0.9 0.2 - 1.6
35+ years 1,733 88.8 83.4 - 94.2 7.4 2.9 - 11.9 1.5 0.0 - 3.4 0.1 0.0 - 0.3 2.2 0.0 - 4.8
Mother's Race                                          
White 13,198 83.5 81.2 - 85.8 9.8 0.0 - 29.3 3.6 2.5 - 4.8 1.2 0.5 - 1.9 1.9 1.0 - 2.8
Black 105 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 270 91.8 78.3 - 100.0 8.2 0.0 - 21.7 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                          
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 83.3 80.9 - 85.7 10.1 8.1 - 12.0 3.4 2.2 - 4.5 1.2 0.5 - 1.9 2.0 1.1 - 2.9
Education                                          
< High School 1,474 74.5 66.3 - 82.8 13.1 6.7 - 19.4 4.8 0.8 - 8.8 2.4 0.0 - 5.3 5.2 1.1 - 9.2
High School 5,093 81.8 77.9 - 85.8 9.5 6.5 - 12.5 4.8 2.6 - 7.0 1.9 0.5 - 3.3 1.9 0.5 - 3.3
>High School 6,936 87.0 84.1 - 89.8 9.3 6.8 - 11.8 2.3 1.1 - 3.5 0.4 0.0 - 0.7 1.1 0.2 - 2.0
Marital Status                                          
Married 9,354 86.5 83.9 - 89.0 9.7 7.4 - 11.9 2.1 1.1 - 3.1 0.7 0.1 - 1.3 1.1 0.3 - 1.8
Other 4,250 77.3 72.6 - 82.0 10.1 6.8 - 13.4 6.8 3.9 - 9.6 2.2 0.6 - 3.8 3.6 1.5 - 5.8
Income                                            
$15,999 or less 3,593** 76.5 71.4 - 81.6 11.7 7.9 - 15.5 5.6 2.9 - 8.4 2.1 0.4 - 3.8 4.1 1.7 - 6.5
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 82.0 75.6 - 88.5 10.6 5.5 - 15.8 5.8 1.7 - 9.8 0.2 0.0 - 0.4 1.4 0.0 - 3.1
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 86.0 81.3 - 90.7 9.8 5.7 - 13.8 1.6 0.1 - 3.1 1.3 0.7 - 1.8 1.4 0.0 - 3.0
$40,000 or more 4,684** 88.0 84.6 - 91.4 8.5 5.6 - 11.4 2.0 0.6 - 3.4 0.9 0.0 - 1.8 0.6 0.0 - 1.5
WIC Recipient                                          
No 8,842** 86.6 84.1 - 89.2 8.5 6.4 - 10.6 2.1 1.1 - 3.0 1.2 0.4 - 2.1 1.6 0.6 - 2.5
Yes 4,153** 77.1 72.4 - 81.8 12.6 8.9 - 16.3 6.7 3.9 - 9.5 1.1 0.0 - 2.1 2.5 0.8 - 4.1
Medicaid Recipient                                          
No 8,545** 87.4 84.9 - 90.0 8.9 6.7 - 11.1 2.1 1.0 - 3.2 0.8 0.2 - 1.5 0.6 0.1 - 1.2
Yes 4,476** 76.3 71.7 - 80.8 11.5 8.1 - 14.9 6.2 3.7 - 8.8 1.8 0.4 - 3.2 4.2 2.1 - 6.3
Infant's birth weight                                          
<2500 grams 822 60.1 56.7 - 63.5 21.3 18.4 - 24.1 9.9 7.8 - 11.9 3.8 2.5 - 5.1 5.0 3.4 - 6.5
2500 grams or more 12,776 84.9 82.5 - 87.3 9.2 7.2 - 11.1 3.2 2.0 - 4.4 1.0 0.3 - 1.7 1.7 0.8 - 2.6
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
* Survey Question 27: Not counting the time you went to the hospital to have your baby, how many other times during your pregnancy did you go and into a hospital
and stay at least one night?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore
percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval